意外的礼物

李明Lǐ Míng是shì一家yī jiā跨国公司kuà guó gōng sī的de高管gāo guǎn。ⓘLi Ming was an executive at a multinational company. 每天měi tiān他tā都dōu在zài会议huì yì和hé文件wén jiàn中zhōng度过dù guò，ⓘEvery day he spent his time in meetings and documents, 几乎jī hū没有méi yǒu时间shí jiān陪伴péi bàn家人jiā rén。ⓘwith almost no time to be with his family.

一天yī tiān，他tā收到shōu dào一个yī gè包装bāo zhuāng精美jīng měi的de小盒子xiǎo hé zi，ⓘOne day, he received a beautifully wrapped small box, 上面shàng miàn没有méi yǒu寄件人jì jiàn rén的de姓名xìng míng。ⓘwith no sender's name on it.

打开dǎ kāi后hòu，里面lǐ miàn是shì一块yī kuài老旧lǎo jiù的de手表shǒu biǎo，ⓘUpon opening it, inside was an old watch, 正是zhèng shì他tā二十年前èr shí nián qián送给sòng gěi初恋chū liàn的de那块nà kuài。ⓘexactly the one he had given to his first love twenty years ago. 手表shǒu biǎo下面xià miàn压着yā zhe一张yī zhāng泛黄fàn huáng的de纸条zhǐ tiáo，ⓘUnderneath the watch was a yellowed note, 上面shàng miàn写着xiě zhe：“时间shí jiān从来cóng lái不bù等人děng rén，但dàn它tā会huì提醒tí xǐng我们wǒ men什么shén me最zuì重要zhòng yào。”ⓘon which was written: “Time never waits for people, but it will remind us what is most important.”

那一刻nà yī kè，李明Lǐ Míng突然tū rán明白míng bai了le，ⓘAt that moment, Li Ming suddenly realized, 成功chéng gōng的de代价dài jià不该bù gāi是shì失去shī qù那些nà xiē真正zhēn zhèng值得zhí dé珍惜zhēn xī的de人rén。ⓘthat the cost of success should not be losing those people truly worth cherishing.